Cac·kle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cackled p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling ]
1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling. --Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Cac·kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
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